Jeff Bingaman: “This legislation holds historic significance not only to Japanese Americans, Californians, but for Americans nationwide.”

We fully support Chairman Bingaman's caution that any temporary storage facility must not become a permanent one.

I wouldn't be here without it.

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs' Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on December 19, 2012, at 10 a.m., to…

this is an amendment offered by myself and cosponsored by Senators Webb and Wyden. It would provide for the approval of an agreement between the United States and the Republic of Palau in response to Supertyphoon Bopha. Few people are…